aeromancy

n. 气候占卜学

发音

/ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/

别名

aeromancie æromancy aëromancy aeromanty eromancy heromancy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.

    不可数

    "If these apparitions are in the Ayre, then it is called Aeromancie." -- Astrologaster, J. Melton, 1620

    "Have you a mind, quoth Her Trippa, to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by..aeromancy, whereof Aristophanes in his Clouds maketh great estimation..?" -- Works of Rabelais III, 1951

词源

From Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, from Anglo-Norman aermancie and Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie (modern French aéromancie), from Latin āeromantia. By surface analysis, aero- + -mancy.

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